A method of operating an indicia reader adapted to read information bearing indicia (IBI) is accomplished by putting the indicia reader in a set up mode to enable the indicia reader to read N types of user usage IBIs; reading at least one user usage IBI with the indicia reader that is one of the N types of IBI the indicia reader is enabled to read; configuring the indicia reader in accordance with the at least one IBI read while the indicia reader is in the set up mode; putting the indicia reader into a use mode and reading user usage IBIs of the type read while the indicia was in the set up mode.
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1. A method of operating an indicia reader, the method comprising: in a set up mode to enabling the indicia reader to read N types of user usage IBIs; reading at least one user usage IBI with the indicia reader that is one of the N types of IBI the indicia reader is enabled to read, wherein the at least one user usage IBI is absent a codeword or characteristic that identifies the at least one user usage IBI as an IBI to be used for configuration; configuring the indicia reader in accordance with the at least one user usage IBI read while the indicia reader is in the set up mode; in a use mode, reading user usage IBIs of the type read while the indicia reader was in the set up mode.
2. A method for operating an indicia reader in accordance with claim 1 , wherein putting the indicia reader in a set up mode comprises reading a menuing IBI.
3. A method of operating an indicia reader in accordance with claim 1 , wherein putting the indicia reader in a set up mode comprises communicating with the indicia reader via an interface.
4. A method of operating an indicia reader in accordance with claim 1 , wherein putting the indicia reader in a set up mode comprises usage of a timeout.
5. A method of operating an indicia reader in accordance with claim 1 , wherein configuring the indicia reader in accordance with the at least one IBI read comprises extracting at least one of the following: IBI type; IBI length and IBI size.
6. A method of operating an indicia reader in accordance with claim 1 , wherein configuring the indicia reader in accordance with the at least one IBI read comprises at least one of the following: restricting the length of IBIs; restricting the types of IBIs to be read and setting decoding configurations.
7. A method of operating an indicia reader in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising the user inputting additional configuration settings not derived from reading the at least one user usage IBI.
8. A method of operating an indicia reader in accordance with claim 7 , wherein additional configuration settings comprise instructions to effectuate at least one of the following: check characters and append modes.
9. An indicia reader comprising: a scanning engine for scanning and decoding data encoded in one of a plurality of types of information bearing indicia (IBI), including user usage IBIs and menuing IBIs; and a software program which configures settings related to operation of the indicia reader through the scanning and reading of at least one user usage IBI which is not a menuing IBI, wherein the at least one user usage IBI is absent a codeword or characteristic that identifies the at least one user usage IBI as an IBI to be used for configuration.
10. The indicia reader of claim 9 , comprising a processor for executing the software program.
11. The indicia reader of claim 9 , comprising a display.
12. The indicia reader of claim 9 , comprising a laser scan engine.
13. The indicia reader of claim 9 , comprising an optical image engine.
14. A method, comprising: enabling an indicia reader to read N types of user usage information bearing indicia (IBI) in a set up mode; reading a user usage IBI with the indicia reader that is one of the N types of IBI the indicia reader is enabled to read, wherein the user usage IBI is absent a codeword or characteristic that identifies the user usage IBI as an IBI to be used for configuration; configuring the indicia reader in accordance with the user usage IBI read while the indicia reader is in the set up mode; in a use mode, reading user usage IBIs of the type read while the indicia reader was in the set up mode.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein putting the indicia reader in a set up mode comprises reading a menuing IBI.
16. The method of claim 14 , wherein putting the indicia reader in a set up mode comprises communicating with the indicia reader via an interface.
17. The method of claim 14 , wherein putting the indicia reader in a set up mode comprises usage of a timeout.
18. The method of claim 14 , wherein configuring the indicia reader in accordance with the at least one IBI read comprises extracting at least one of the following: IBI type; IBI length and IBI size.
19. The method of claim 14 , wherein configuring the indicia reader in accordance with the at least one IBI read comprises at least one of the following: restricting the length of IBIs; restricting the types of IBIs to be read and setting decoding configurations.
20. The method of claim 14 , comprising a user inputting additional configuration settings not derived from reading the at least one user usage IBI.
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August 26, 2013
February 3, 2015
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